I admire people who can still summon enough vigor to plead “how many more children have to die?” when the answer is clear. I try not to let emotional resignation be civic resignation, but it’s hard. America has made it so.

Tough week to have a kid starting Pre-K

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I’ve seen a lot of kooky MLB realignment maps this week after Rob Manfred’s comments about expansion.

But hear me out: we don’t need new divisions, we need no divisions

🎵 There it is again, that funny feeling 🎵

highly recommend running a half marathon in Brooklyn the day after the Knicks clinch a Conference Finals berth for the first time in 25 years

Happy Jackie Robinson Day from the Los Angeles Dodgers

I wrote about Dr. Robby reciting the Shema on the latest episode of THE PITT. I found it profoundly moving, and not just because we (basically) share the same name.

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My son can say his last name now. It’s pretty rad. open.substack.com/pub/jordanis...

Found in the archives, more relevant than ever

...plus, thoughts about The Pitt and Severance! I dunno, trying something different!

It is a really nice professional existence getting to create and distribute content for social media that brings people closer to their favorite sports team. But holy shit am I having a crisis of faith this week.

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Sun’s still rising

So I mindlessly swiped through the archives and picked some random Friday puzzle from 2017. Here was the third Across clue:

when they have to move the Olympics back to Paris in 2028 because of the ongoing polio outbreak, I'll gladly watch us embarrass this jabroni again on his home soil

Didn't have a kid in November 2016. Have one now. It's changed things.

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The city that never sleeps, but does wake up